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Glomeruli (singular, glomerulus)

Tiny tufts of capillaries which carry blood within the kidneys. The blood is filtered by the glomeruli. The blood then continues through the circulatory system, but a certain amount of fluid and specific waste products are filtered out of the blood, to be removed from the body in the form of urine.

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glomeruli.

See glomerulus.

glomeruli [glo-mer´u-li] (L.)

plural of glomerulus.

glomeruli

plural of glomerulus.

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